The North Ridge (Summer)
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Grade 1 scramble starting at Idwal Cottage (parking £4) on the A5. Walk along A5 to Milestone Buttress passing this up a gully on the left. Head right (straight up is the easier Heather Terrace) to the broad shoulder of the North Ridge. Many ways to go but can be taken easily or harder depending on the route you choose....obligatory Grade 1 scrambling but can be up to VDiff with exposure. Pass the 'Cannon' and head up steeper rock to the Far North Peak, down into a notch upto North Peak and onward to the Central Peak and Adam and Eve.

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βeta:Started at base of Heather Terrace. Then cut right onto the ridge using a basic path which surprisingly had a dozen or so laid steps. Lovely gentle start before committing to the ridge with our Pomerian Terrier & me with CRPS foot & our 12 year old leader Amalie.

Show betaβeta:Started at base of Heather Terrace. Then cut right onto the ridge using a basic path which surprisingly had a dozen or so laid steps. Lovely gentle start before committing to the ridge with our Pomerian Terrier & me with CRPS foot & our 12 year old leader Amalie.

Started it where Bastow tops out as continuation to gain the summit. Went direct below the N Pillar which I've read is grade II scrambling? Not sure.
Polished sections in the wet made it feel a lot more serious.

Started it where Bastow tops out as continuation to gain the summit. Went direct below the N Pillar which I've read is grade II scrambling? Not sure.
Polished sections in the wet made it feel a lot more serious.

First solo ascent of any mountain and scrambling route. Perfect weather and great route, strayed too far left and right at times and occasionally made life harder by choosing routes that were pretty sketchy at times!

First solo ascent of any mountain and scrambling route. Perfect weather and great route, strayed too far left and right at times and occasionally made life harder by choosing routes that were pretty sketchy at times!

Then onto Bristly Ridge. First time doing the grade 2 variations of Milestone Gulley, Cannon Stone Direct and North Tower Direct. Gulley felt easy but the exposure and awkwardness on the Tower made me think twice. Note to self to rope less confident partners.

Then onto Bristly Ridge. First time doing the grade 2 variations of Milestone Gulley, Cannon Stone Direct and North Tower Direct. Gulley felt easy but the exposure and awkwardness on the Tower made me think twice. Note to self to rope less confident partners.

Started at base of Heather Terrace. Then cut right onto the ridge through a basic path which surprisingly had a dozen or so laid steps. Lovely gentle start before committing to the ridge with our Pomerian Terrier & me with CRPS foot & our 12 year old leader Amalie.

Started at base of Heather Terrace. Then cut right onto the ridge through a basic path which surprisingly had a dozen or so laid steps. Lovely gentle start before committing to the ridge with our Pomerian Terrier & me with CRPS foot & our 12 year old leader Amalie.

Ascent - bit slippy in parts due to the rain just prior to our ascent. Rock was only moderately wet. Breezy on the way up but decent scramble. Possibly strayed too far east as had to descend into a gully to climb back out of it after running into a bit of a dead end. Sadly misty on top but did clear up later in the afternoon when we were on Glyder Fach

with Rob

Ascent - bit slippy in parts due to the rain just prior to our ascent. Rock was only moderately wet. Breezy on the way up but decent scramble. Possibly strayed too far east as had to descend into a gully to climb back out of it after running into a bit of a dead end. Sadly misty on top but did clear up later in the afternoon when we were on Glyder Fach

So much fun! Stuck to the crest and found some great lines. Continued up Bristly Ridge, then Glyder Fach, Glyder Fawr, Y Garn and Elidir Fawr. Backtracked and descended via the never-ending Y Garn ridge!

So much fun! Stuck to the crest and found some great lines. Continued up Bristly Ridge, then Glyder Fach, Glyder Fawr, Y Garn and Elidir Fawr. Backtracked and descended via the never-ending Y Garn ridge!

Everyone from NLMC had to leave at 5pm to drive back to London - I was going to Southport though, and the clocks had just gone forward. So I drove from Tremadog and committed to being up and down before the sun set. No problem: car to car in 2 hours. Up the North Ridge, jumped over Adam and Eve, down the South Ridge, walked back on the east side. Cracking end to the weekend.

Everyone from NLMC had to leave at 5pm to drive back to London - I was going to Southport though, and the clocks had just gone forward. So I drove from Tremadog and committed to being up and down before the sun set. No problem: car to car in 2 hours. Up the North Ridge, jumped over Adam and Eve, down the South Ridge, walked back on the east side. Cracking end to the weekend.

Weather had been awful the previous two days, Gale force winds, torrential rain. Our last day so an improvement in weather. However, it still rained and Tryfan was very wet. Felt totally different to previous ascent. Got quite treacherous on the north tower. Met very few people this time. So conditions were not ideal.

Weather had been awful the previous two days, Gale force winds, torrential rain. Our last day so an improvement in weather. However, it still rained and Tryfan was very wet. Felt totally different to previous ascent. Got quite treacherous on the north tower. Met very few people this time. So conditions were not ideal.

Took and interesting, direct route (not everyone followed) with some snow/ice still on the ground - probably diff with good exposure. Didn't do the final climbs right at the end, which would've been much harder. Was on my own (surprisingly) for the obligatory Adam-Eve jumping at the summit.

with Simon (WS), James (WS), Eliot (WS)

Took and interesting, direct route (not everyone followed) with some snow/ice still on the ground - probably diff with good exposure. Didn't do the final climbs right at the end, which would've been much harder. Was on my own (surprisingly) for the obligatory Adam-Eve jumping at the summit.

A warm spell so no snow around apart from a 2ft wide patch at the top. Don't think that justifies a winter ascent tick... As consistent with other areas of life I was woefully unprepared but meeting up with Matty at the summit provided direction to the cantilever and a guided ramble back down

A warm spell so no snow around apart from a 2ft wide patch at the top. Don't think that justifies a winter ascent tick... As consistent with other areas of life I was woefully unprepared but meeting up with Matty at the summit provided direction to the cantilever and a guided ramble back down

First time for me up the lovely North Ridge - left the Milestone Buttress layby at 18:00 just as it was getting dark, not sure when we got to the top; but it was deserted! Stood on the Canon Stone and jumped Adam & Eve in the dark with a strong wind!

First time for me up the lovely North Ridge - left the Milestone Buttress layby at 18:00 just as it was getting dark, not sure when we got to the top; but it was deserted! Stood on the Canon Stone and jumped Adam & Eve in the dark with a strong wind!